A mute American filmmaker working in Moscow witnesses a brutal murder and becomes the target of killers who want to silence her forever.

SHE WON'T BE SILENCED.

Director Anthony Waller (The Piper, An American Werewolf in Paris) combines cat-and-mouse suspense with classic intrigue in Mute Witness, an updated take on the Hitchcockian thriller in which the only witness to a brutal crime can neither speak nor cry out in terror.

Billy Hughes (Marina Zudina) is a mute special effects artist working on a low budget American slasher movie being shot in Russia. Accidentally locked in the studio late one night, she stumbles upon two men shooting what appears to be a snuff film. Having borne witness to their victim's final moments, Billy desperately flees - but this is only the start of a protracted night of terror, drawing her and her friends into a tangled web of intrigue, involving the KGB, the Moscow police... and a mysterious crime kingpin known as 'The Reaper.'

Filmed on location in Moscow and co-starring Fay Ripley (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein) and Evan Richards (Society), Mute Witness is an unpredictable, nerve-shreddingly tense viewing experience. Now fully restored in 4K and presented alongside a host of new and recently unearthed bonus materials, there has never been a better opportunity to discover - or rediscover - this gem of 90s thriller cinema.

Media

Bonus Materials

• 4K restoration approved by director Anthony Waller
• 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in HDR10
• Restored original lossless stereo soundtrack
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Brand new audio commentary by writer/director Anthony Waller
• Brand new audio commentary with production designer Matthias Kammermeier and composer Wilbert Hirsch, moderated by critic Lee Gambin
• The Silent Death, brand new visual essay by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, examining Mute Witness and its relationship with snuff films
• The Wizard Behind the Curtain, brand new visual essay by author and critic Chris Alexander, exploring the phenomenon of the film-within-a-film
• Original “Snuff Movie” presentation, produced to generate interest from investors and distributors, featuring interviews with Anthony Waller and members of the creative team
• Original location scouting footage
• Original footage with Alec Guinness, filmed a decade prior to the rest of Mute Witness
• Teaser trailer
• Trailer
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais
• Double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Michelle Kisner

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Marina Zudina
•       Fay Ripley
•       Oleg Yankovsky
•       Alec Guinness
•       Evan Richards
•       Igor Volkov
•       Sergei Karlenkov
•       Aleksandr Pyatkov
•       Nikolai Pastukhov
•       Aleksandr Bureyev
•       Stephen Bouser
•       Valeri Barakhtin
•       Nikolay Chindyaykin
•       Vyacheslav Naumenko
•       Larisa Khusnullina
•       Olga Tolstetskaya

Director: Anthony Waller

Additional Details

Label: Arrow Video

Genre: Horror

Language: English

Run Time: 95 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 06/11/24

UPC: 760137152811